diff --git a/codecs/vp8_packet.go b/codecs/vp8_packet.go
index 8538098..59b1bc3 100644
--- a/codecs/vp8_packet.go
+++ b/codecs/vp8_packet.go
@@ -163,14 +163,14 @@ func (p *VP8Packet) Unmarshal(payload []byte) ([]byte, error) { //nolint:gocogni
 		if payloadIndex >= payloadLen {
 			return nil, errShortPacket
 		}
-		if payload[payloadIndex]&0x80 > 0 { // M == 1, PID is 16bit
+		if payload[payloadIndex]&0x80 > 0 { // M == 1, PID is 16bit //nolint:gosec // bounds checked above
 			if payloadIndex+1 >= payloadLen {
 				return nil, errShortPacket
 			}
-			p.PictureID = (uint16(payload[payloadIndex]&0x7F) << 8) | uint16(payload[payloadIndex+1])
+			p.PictureID = (uint16(payload[payloadIndex]&0x7F) << 8) | uint16(payload[payloadIndex+1]) //nolint:gosec // bounds checked above
 			payloadIndex += 2
 		} else {
-			p.PictureID = uint16(payload[payloadIndex])
+			p.PictureID = uint16(payload[payloadIndex]) //nolint:gosec // bounds checked above
 			payloadIndex++
 		}
 	} else {
diff --git a/codecs/vp9_packet_test.go b/codecs/vp9_packet_test.go
index d793798..2037670 100644
--- a/codecs/vp9_packet_test.go
+++ b/codecs/vp9_packet_test.go
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ func TestVP9Payloader_Payload(t *testing.T) {
 	r0 := int(rand.New(rand.NewSource(0)).Int31n(0x7FFF)) //nolint:gosec
 	var rands [][2]byte
 	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
-		rands = append(rands, [2]byte{byte(r0>>8) | 0x80, byte(r0 & 0xFF)})
+		rands = append(rands, [2]byte{byte(r0>>8) | 0x80, byte(r0 & 0xFF)}) //nolint:gosec // r0 is bounded to 0x7FFF
 		r0++
 	}
 
diff --git a/packetizer_test.go b/packetizer_test.go
index 23d1076..eea51da 100644
--- a/packetizer_test.go
+++ b/packetizer_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func TestPacketizer(t *testing.T) {
 	if len(packets) != expectedLen {
 		var packetlengths strings.Builder
 		for i := range packets {
-			packetlengths.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("Packet %d length %d\n", i, len(packets[i].Payload)))
+			fmt.Fprintf(&packetlengths, "Packet %d length %d\n", i, len(packets[i].Payload))
 		}
 		assert.Failf(
 			t, "Packetize failed", "Generated %d packets instead of %d\n%s",
diff --git a/playoutdelayextension.go b/playoutdelayextension.go
index bb728ff..21c3d40 100644
--- a/playoutdelayextension.go
+++ b/playoutdelayextension.go
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ func (p PlayoutDelayExtension) MarshalTo(buf []byte) (int, error) {
 		return 0, io.ErrShortBuffer
 	}
 	buf[0] = byte(p.MinDelay >> 4)
-	buf[1] = byte(p.MinDelay<<4) | byte(p.MaxDelay>>8)
-	buf[2] = byte(p.MaxDelay)
+	buf[1] = byte(p.MinDelay<<4) | byte(p.MaxDelay>>8) //nolint:gosec // values validated above
+	buf[2] = byte(p.MaxDelay)                           //nolint:gosec // values validated above
 
 	return playoutDelayExtensionSize, nil
 }
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ func (p PlayoutDelayExtension) Marshal() ([]byte, error) {
 
 	return []byte{
 		byte(p.MinDelay >> 4),
-		byte(p.MinDelay<<4) | byte(p.MaxDelay>>8),
-		byte(p.MaxDelay),
+		byte(p.MinDelay<<4) | byte(p.MaxDelay>>8), //nolint:gosec // values validated above
+		byte(p.MaxDelay),                           //nolint:gosec // values validated above
 	}, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/vlaextension.go b/vlaextension.go
index 7b9646c..cc50005 100644
--- a/vlaextension.go
+++ b/vlaextension.go
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func (v VLA) MarshalTo(buf []byte) (int, error) { //nolint:cyclop,gocognit
 	offset := 0
 
 	// RID, NS, sl_bm fields
-	buf[offset] = byte(v.RTPStreamID<<6) | byte(v.RTPStreamCount-1)<<4 | ctx.commonSLBM
+	buf[offset] = byte(v.RTPStreamID<<6) | byte(v.RTPStreamCount-1)<<4 | ctx.commonSLBM //nolint:gosec // values are small
 
 	if ctx.commonSLBM == 0 {
 		offset++
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ func (v VLA) MarshalTo(buf []byte) (int, error) { //nolint:cyclop,gocognit
 					temporalLayerIndex = 0
 					offset++
 				}
-				buf[offset] |= byte(len(v.ActiveSpatialLayer[idx].TargetBitrates)-1) << (2 * (3 - temporalLayerIndex))
+				buf[offset] |= byte(len(v.ActiveSpatialLayer[idx].TargetBitrates)-1) << (2 * (3 - temporalLayerIndex)) //nolint:gosec // values are small
 				temporalLayerIndex++
 			}
 		}
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ func (v VLA) MarshalTo(buf []byte) (int, error) { //nolint:cyclop,gocognit
 		for _, sl := range v.ActiveSpatialLayer {
 			binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(buf[offset+0:], uint16(sl.Width-1))  //nolint:gosec
 			binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(buf[offset+2:], uint16(sl.Height-1)) //nolint:gosec
-			buf[offset+4] = byte(sl.Framerate)
+			buf[offset+4] = byte(sl.Framerate) //nolint:gosec // framerate fits in byte
 			offset += 5
 		}
 	}